Week of January 28, 2018 in UCIS

Wednesday, January 31

CLAS and the course of US-Latin American Relations will sponsor a showing of 13 Days, with Kevin Costner, a film that retells the story of the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.

After the film we will have a short question and answer session, highlighting the drama of the time but also including a fact-check of the film.
4130 Posvar Hall
7:30 p.m.
For more information, contact: Scott Morgenstern at smorgens@pitt.edu

Refreshments will be provided.

Thursday, February 1

12:30 pmLecture

Studying Working-Class Culture & the History of Social Movements—Challenges & Possibilities

Location:

Humanities Center, 602 Cathedral of Learning

Sponsored by:

European Studies Center along with Department of History of Art and Architecture

5:00 pmLecture

“Conversion Stories: Turning Communists into Nazis”

Location:

602 Cathedral of Learning

Announced by:

Center for Russian and East European Studies and European Studies Center on behalf of

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Historians have long argued about the relationship between the workers and the Nazis. Did the Nazis betray the German working class or did they offer solutions to their problems? Answering these questions as part of a larger debate about politics and emotions means to pay close attention to the grievances and resentments that made possible the shift from class to race as the main category of identification. This lecture uses a little-known genre from the early 1930s known as Bewegungsromane (novels about the Nazi movement) to reconstruct the social(ist) imaginaries mobilized in the name of National Socialism. Today these Nazi conversion stories not only shed light on the politics of emotion that turned Communists into Nazis; they also model the symbolic convergence of nationalism, socialism, and populism in modern mass movements.

Friday, February 2

3:00 pmLecture

The Performative State: Public Opinion, Political Pageantry, and Environmental Governance in China.

Location:

4130 Posvar

Sponsored by:

Asian Studies Center

3:00 pmLecture Series / Brown Bag

Undergraduate Research Toolkit Series

Location:

5400 Posvar Hall

Sponsored by:

Global Studies Center

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Global Studies will host a 4-part series with sessions on January 19th, February 2nd, February 16th, and March 16th to equip students to pursue research within the framework of the multidisciplinary field of global studies. The series is designed for students at any stage of their academic career. It's a must for students considering pursing a BPHIL, an honor's thesis, or enrolling in a graduate program in the future. Dr. Michael Goodhart, GSC Director and Professor of Political Science, along with GSC faculty will provide insight based on their experience on conceiving research ideas, formulating research questions, identifying methods to consider to collect and analyze data, ethically gathering data working within university research guidelines and lastly presenting and disseminating data using traditional methods and new forms of digital media. Each session will include ample time for discussion so bring your ideas and questions!

6:00 pmLecture

Keynote Address: A Woman for the 21st Century

Location:

Frick Fine Arts Auditorium

Sponsored by:

Global Studies Center along with Sponsored by PITT ARTS and co-sponsored by: The Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, The Office of Diversity and Inclusion, the Department of Africana Studies, Global Studies and and The Department of Music.

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Jones will discuss the Medea Project and the process of creating productive dialogue to examine such conditions as racism, sexism, homophobia, addictions, and fear that greatly affect our daily lives. In addition, she will play video excerpts from her work and perform excerpts from her various writings and scripts.